Discovering child art
Subtitle: essays on childhood, primitivism, and modernism
By: edited by Jonathan Fineberg.
Contributors: Fineberg, Jonathan David.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Child artists -- Psychology; Children's art -- Themes, motives
Description: This book brings together thirteen distinguished critics and scholars to explore children's art and its profound but rarely documented influence on the evolution of modern art. It shows that children's art and childhood have inspired major works of art, served as central metaphors for artistic spontaneity and honesty, and provided a window into the fundamental human qualities explored by modern artists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.